1. DCP in the Pacific Islands A brief overview of some DCP systems in the Islands. Colin Schulz Dec 2008

2. Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. 3 DCPs on this Island. 2 x GOES-W, 1 x MT-SAT

3. SATELLITES USED MT-SAT 1R (Western Pacific) GOES WEST (Central and Eastern Pacific)

5. TYPICAL USERS Meteorological Stations Tide Gauges Hydrological Stations Special Services

6. Automatic Weather Station The Pacific AWS Guru, Bob Watanabe, at a NOAA AWS in SAMOA

8. Tide Gauges NOAA Tide Gauge, Funafuti Attol, Tuvalu

9. Seaframe Tide Gauge, Pohnpei, Micronesia

10. Typical Uses Regular Synoptic Reports Sea Level Monitoring (10 minute data, transmitted hourly) Monitoring Hurricanes

11. A really REMOTE site. Pitcairn Island (of Mutiny on the Bounty fame) is so remote that access is normally by a 6 monthly boat service. To ensure reliable meteorological data from this remote site it is equipped with TWO fully separate DCP systems

12. Pitcairn

13. Looking Ahead DCP(C) could prove very useful DCP under-utilized at present A number of countries looking at DCP for Automatic Weather Stations DCP maintenance problems have been an issue in the past Possibility of a “Pacific” channel allocation?

14. THANKS... Many thanks to NOAA, NESDIS, JMA and all others who have assisted us in the past